Offer a product slightly nicer than your competitors and the good tenants will want to live in your buildings while the trash lives in your competitor's building.

I'm working on launching a STR reporting product designed to make data analysis accessible for everyone, even if you're not a data geek!

Most mold is on the surface and can easily be removed with a bleach solution or one of the many mold treatment products available.

So you will almost certainly be liable for any defects or deficiencies in the end product regardless of subcontracts and sub-contractors. 

Both 203k and HomeStyle are great products, there is not a "best".

Why put effort into providing a product that (a) your tenants may not want, (b) increases your workload, and (c) doesn't line your pocket?

If rooms are unavailable this early in the booking cycle, I believe you chose a poor location.  

I'm in the retail sector, primarily value-add product with a great location but poorer performance than the market average.

This applies in most areas of life, but if someone is simply agreeing with you, dropping PM fees down a percentage or offering discounts up front and sounds a bit desperate, they could be experiencing high turnover and poor customer retention.

In both cases, the product has more or less folded or become inaccessible.